Best way to move out villagers?

That is unfortunate. 😭 I'm saving my last two housing kits for my dreamies. Will wait for the 9th villager to be filled before trying this out. Thank you for the prompt response!
I know, trust me. lol. Hopefully you can find a dreamy then boot whoever it is that is cramping your island's style.
 
The 15 day method is best. You can pretty easily move out several villagers in an hour with it. Talk with two random villagers then skip 15 days. After that you then skip 1 day at a time until you see someone who wants to move.

Simple as that. No method I have tried has been close to this efficient.
 
This is what I do every time I cycle and get someone to ping within 10 minutes without fail
1. Talk to everyone you see outside, if you wanna go so far as to talk to people inside you can, but it really doesn't matter.
2. Save, quit, close down the game, move the date up 15 days. Make sure the time is between 11am-4pm
3. Once in the game, run around and see if you can find the villager with thought bubbles. They will be outside. If you cannot find them, or there is a fishing tournament (or sometimes rain, but I have gotten a ping with rain) TT ahead one more day. I've had to do this up to 5 days, but you will get a ping.
4. If it's someone you wanna keep, tell them don't go and repeat steps 1-3. You can move forward 6 days between and talk again. It will work either way (I've had more success with the 6 day jump between)
5. If you want them to move, say bye, TT one day and they will be all boxed up, ready for a new adventure.
Do you talk to the one that you want to move out or ignore them?
 
Do you talk to the one that you want to move out or ignore them?
I've found not talking to a villager will make it so they never ping. When I was figuring out how to cycle for my cycle thread, I ignored all my villagers and went a full year with no pings. But the moment I started talking to them they started pinging again. Best friends ping less frequently (the ones who send you presents often), but just a quick chat-up once or twice will work best.
 
I've found not talking to a villager will make it so they never ping. When I was figuring out how to cycle for my cycle thread, I ignored all my villagers and went a full year with no pings. But the moment I started talking to them they started pinging again. Best friends ping less frequently (the ones who send you presents often), but just a quick chat-up once or twice will work best.
Okay thank you! I’ve been trying to get rid of Greta for days lol
 
Don't know how valid this is, but tried the method and the only thought bubble I saw wanted me to find them a fish. I force quit by turning off power, restarted game and found another thought bubble immediately, a villager who wanted to move.
 
everybody missed this one.

your time should be 1PM onwards. thats the time villagers are effectivly wanting to move out.
 
everybody missed this one.

your time should be 1PM onwards. thats the time villagers are effectivly wanting to move out.

I've gotten pings at 11:30 and around noon too! The golden zone is 11am-4pm
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Don't know how valid this is, but tried the method and the only thought bubble I saw wanted me to find them a fish. I force quit by turning off power, restarted game and found another thought bubble immediately, a villager who wanted to move.
That'll happen occasionally. That's usually what I do.
 
I've found not talking to a villager will make it so they never ping. When I was figuring out how to cycle for my cycle thread, I ignored all my villagers and went a full year with no pings. But the moment I started talking to them they started pinging again. Best friends ping less frequently (the ones who send you presents often), but just a quick chat-up once or twice will work best.
Wow really? So ghosting then doesn’t work...this goes against everything I have been taught.
 
Wow really? So ghosting then doesn’t work...this goes against everything I have been taught.
Yeah, I was so mad while trying to get villagers out, but the moment I chatted up them all just like "Hi I'm here" I got pings. My SO was trying to get cobb out and ghosted him for months via TT. Spoke to him once and next TT he pinged. I'm telling you a quick "I have not seen you in months" chat opens them up for pings. I think they stop is in the code so if you don't log in for months and check upon them, they won't ping you the moment you log in the next day? That's all I can figure out.
 
There's also this method.

Idk how true it is, but I heard villagers can't move out on their own. They NEED to talk to you when they get that speech bubble to allow them to move. So you wouldn't have to worry about losing your faves.

i’ve had the most luck with this method. i always get the villager i want to move out under 40 minutes!
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i don’t feel like the “i haven’t seen you in months” dialogue interrupts or affects them pinging. it’s just sometimes you really won’t get any villagers that want to leave.
 
s/o to felixfraldrarius for spreading the easiest way to cycle. I moved out a villager in under 10 minutes after trying for days because of their method.

Also, same island name/theme
 
just stumbled upon this video. basically you just time travel 1 year ahead and go look for which villager wants to move out. i think it might just be random, but this literally worked for me on my first try and based on the comments it looks like it worked for many people as well!!! my first try was even one of the villagers that i wanted to move out ;) maybe talk to everyone that you dont want to move and the time travel that 1 year and see if the ones you want to move have the cloud !
 
I TT 17 days ahead and start looking for who might want to move, then if no one pings I TT one day ahead until someone does.

If someone I dont want to leave pings I tell them to stay and TT back to the day I started on and repeat! Not flawless but it's the method I use.
 
For people asking if it's a guaranteed cycle through every villager: nope. I spent 10 hours yesterday trying to cycle a specific villager while all other villagers asked to move at least 3 times each. It's just luck, sadly.
 
I've found not talking to a villager will make it so they never ping. When I was figuring out how to cycle for my cycle thread, I ignored all my villagers and went a full year with no pings. But the moment I started talking to them they started pinging again. Best friends ping less frequently (the ones who send you presents often), but just a quick chat-up once or twice will work best.
That isnt true. I have done this for many times now, ignored all my villagers and they'll ping me and want to move. :)
 
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